Rack structure for supporting bottles



Dec. 19, 1967 R. [SING 3,358,845

7 RACK STRUCTURE FOR SUPPORTING BOTTLES Filed Aug. 17, 1965 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 l INVENTOR I 9 ROBERT LOUIS ISING MINI 7 3 BYW I ATTORNEY.

Dec. 19, 1967 R. L. ISING RACK STRUCTURE FOR SUPPORTING BOTTLES 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Aug. l7, 1965 FIG. 7.

FIG. 6.

INVENTOR ROBERT LOUIS ISING ATTORN EY.

United States Patent 3,358,845 RACK STRUCTURE FOR SUPPORTING BOTTLES Robert Louis Ising, West New York, NJ. (216 Oak St., Weehawkeu, NJ. 07087) Filed Aug. 17, 1965, Ser. No. 480,352 6 Claims. (Cl. 211-74) The present invention relates to a rack structure and is designed to provide easy access to liquids disposed in bottles, particularly in case the amount of liquid in the bottle is rather low and is close to its bottom. It is experienced in connection with beauty products marketed in bottles, as well as paints or other liquids which are marketed in bottles, that is difficult to have access to the liquid if the greater amount of the liquid has been used up and only a small amount remains therein.

It is, therefore, one object of the present invention to provide a rack structure for supporting bottles containing beauty products, paints or the like in which a rack is pivotally mounted in a preferably collapsible frame, whereby the rack can be adjusted from a horizontal position into any inclined position in order to put the bottles likewise into such inclined position and obtain better access to the remaining liquid in the bottle.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a rack structure for supporting bottles containing beauty products, paints or the like, which comprises a base to which a frame is preferably hingedly connected, so that the frame assumes either an operative vertical position or a collapsed horizontal position, and a rack structure is mounted crosswise in the frame for a pivotal movement, which rack structure operates as a support for a plurality of bottles containing nail polish or other beauty products, paints or any other liquid material, and means are also provided to retain the bottles on the rack to prevent their sliding down in case the rack structure is tilted into an inclined position.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide a rack structure for supporting bottles containing beauty products, paints or the like, in which the bottles are positioned on a rack structure and resilient clamping members secured thereto surround the neck portion of the bottle, so that the rack itself can be tilted into a more or less inclined position without danger that the bottles positioned on the rack structure slide off the latter.

It is yet another object of the present invention to provide a rack structure for supporting bottles containing beauty products or the like, wherein the frame carrying pivotally the rack structure is mounted on a base which is preferably equipped with a drawer, whereby preferably at least, three bottle positions are provided for personal use or a greater number of bottle positions for beauty parlor use.

With these and other objects in view which will become apparent in the following detailed description, the present invention will be clearly understood in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which:

FIGURE 1 is a front elevation of the rack structure designed in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a rear elevation of the rack structure disclosed in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a side end view of the structure shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a side elevation of the rack structure, wherein the frame is shown in its collapsed position;

FIG. 5 is a top plan view of a clamping means shown on a larger scale;

FIG. 6 is an exploded front elevation of the structure shown in FIG. 1 combined with a mirror arrangement on top of the frame;

FIG. 7 is a rear elevation of the upper portion of the frame structure combined with a mirror frame;

FIG. 8 is an end view of the structure shown in FIG. 6; and

FIG. 9 is a schematic front elevation of a rack structure designed for a greater number of bottle positions to be used particularly in beauty parlors.

Referring now to the drawings and in particular t FIGS. 1-8, the rack structure designed in accordance with the present invention comprises a base member .1 which may comprise merely a horizontally disposed plate or preferably, as shown, a box which includes a drawer 2 having a front knob 3 for operation of the drawer. A frame 4 is mounted on top of the base member 1, and in particular is preferably hingedly supported by means of hinges 5 which permit the frame 4 to assume either an operative vertical position, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. or a collapsed horizontal position, as shown in FIG. 4.

A lever or brace 6 is pivotally secured by means of pivots 7 to the side walls 1 of the base member 1 and the levers 6 are equipped with a crosswise disposed slot 8 near its free end, and a second slot 9' which is oppositely disposed intermediate its ends. A pin 10 extends from the side walls 1' of the box 1, which pins 10 are received by the slots 9 in the inoperative position of the levers 6. The lever 6 can be turned upwardly into operative position, shown in FIG. 3, in which case the slots 8 receive a pin '11 projecting from the side faces of the frame 4 and by this position of the lever 6, the frame 4 is maintained in upright operative position. The top of the frame 4 may have an upper ornamentation 12 designed merely for the purpose of giving a more decorative appearance in case the rack structure is used on vanities for beauty purposes. In addition, also to further the decorative effect, a gate-like arrangement 13 can be provided near the bottom of the frame 4. A normally horizontally disposed rack 14 is pivotally mounted, crosswise in the frame 4 which may have a downwardly extending member 15 of any decorative structure. The rack 14 is supported by a cross member 16 which is mounted by means of pivots 17 in the side posts of the frame 4, so that the rack 14 can be tilted from a horizontal position in any selective inclined position, as indicated in FIG. 3 of the drawings.

Preferably three sleeve members 18 are projecting upwardly from the rack 14, in which sleeve members 18 a fiat bar 19 is slidably and vertically adjustably mounted, the upper end of which carries oppositely disposed and outwardly curved clamping members 20, which are designed to receive the neck portion of the bottle 21 and retain the bottles mounted on the rack 14 by clamping action of the clamping members 20. Due to these clamping members, the bottles 21 will be retained on the rack 14, even if the latter is tilted into an inclined position for the purpose to have better access to a small amount of nail polish or any other liquid, contained in the bottles, so that before removal of such liquid, it is not necessary each time to shift the bottle into an inclined position.

In order to retain the rack 14 in any selected inclined or tilted position, one of the pivots 17 is equipped with a threaded end to receive a nut 22 thereon, so that upon tightening of the nut 22 with the outer side faces of the frame 4, the rack is retained in any one of a plurality of tilted positions.

Referring now again to the drawings and in particular to FIGS. 6-8, a mirror frame 23 is provided in which a mirror 2-4 is pivotally mounted by means of pivots 25. One of the pivots 25 is again equipped with a threaded end projecting from the side face of the frame 23 and by receiving a nut 26, the mirror can be retained either in vertical position, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, or as shown in point-dotted lines, in inclined or tilted position in FIG. 8.

The bottom of the mirror frame 23 is equipped at least for a part of its thickness with a decorative bottom face 12' which is complementary to the decorative end formation 12 of the frame 4.

In order to retain the frame 4 in its inoperative horizontal position, the back face of the frame 4 is equipped at its top with a snapper 27, which finds its complementary part 28 secured to the top face of the box or base member 1. The mirror frame 23 is likewise equipped with a snapper member 27 which cooperates with the snapper 27 in order to secure the mirror frame 23 to the upper portion of the frame 4.

Referring now to FIG. 9 of the drawings, another embodiment of the present invention is disclosed, in which the same concept is applicable for beauty parlor use and for this purpose the base member comprises a plurality of drawers 2a, each having a knob 3a. The frame 4a is again preferably pivotally mounted on the base 1a and is shown in FIG. 9 in upright position. A rack 14a is in this embodiment pivotally mounted on the frame 4a which rack 14A supports a plurality of bottles and having a plurality of bottle positions. In a manner similar to that shown with the first described embodiment, sleeve members 18a support flat bars 19a which are equipped at their tops with clamping members 20a to retain a bottle containing a beauty product or the like in a plurality of such bottle positions.

While I have disclosed several embodiments of the present invention, it is to be understood that these embodiments are given by example only and not in a limiting sense, the scope of the present invention being determined by the objects and the claims.

I claim:

1. A rack structure for supporting bottles containing liquids or the like, comprising a base member,

a frame member supported by and projecting at least in one position vertically upwardly from said base member,

a substantially horizontally disposed rack pivotally mounted in said frame member for a tilting movement about a horizontal axis,

means for retaining said rack selectively in any one of a plurality of inclined positions, and

clamping means projecting upwardly from said rack member and adapted to surround and to retain the bottles mounted on said rack while the latter is in tilted position.

2. The rack structure, as set forth in claim 1, which includes hinge means for hingedly securing said frame member to said base member, in order to mount said frame member in a substantially upright operative position, and

in a substantially horizontal inoperative position.

3. The rack structure, as set forth in claim 1, wherein said base member comprises a box, and

at least one drawer received in said box.

'4. The rack structure, as set forth in claim 1, wherein said rack includes pivots extending laterally therefrom through said frame member,

one of said pivots having a threaded end, and

a nut mounted on said threaded end to constitute said retaining means for said rack.

'5. The rack structure, as set forth in claim 1, wherein said clamping means comprises a sleeve member extending substantially upwardly from said rack and a bar longitudinally movable in said sleeve member,

and

a pair of resilient clamps projecting forwardly from the upper portion of said bar and adapted to clamp the neck portion of a bottle.

6. The rack structure, as set forth in claim '1, which includes a substantially vertically disposed mirror frame mounted on top of said frame member,

a mirror pivotally mounted in said mirror frame to be pivoted about a substantially horizontal axis, and means for retaining said mirror in any one of a plurality of tilted positions.

References Cited UNiTED STATES PATENTS 1,414,351 5/1922 Fritz 248-474 X 1,824,230 9/1931 Phelps et a1. 211-- 2,319,249 5/ 1943 Meyer 211-74 X 2,946,452 7/:1960 Caloiero et al. 211-4 FOREIGN PATENTS 1,218,584 12/1959 France.

444,137 3/ 1936 Great Britain.

ROY D. FRAZIER, Primary Examiner.

W. D. LOULA'N, Assistant Examiner.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION Patent No. 3,358,845 December 19, 1967 Robert Louis Ising error appears in the above numbered pat- It is hereby certified that t the said Letters Patent should read as ent requiring correction and tha corrected below.

In the heading to the printed specification, lines 3 and 4, for "Robert Louis Ising, West New York, N. J. (216 Oak St., Weehawken, N. J. 07087)" read Robert Louis Ising, 216 Oak St., Weehawken, N. J. 07087 Signed and sealed this 7th day of January 1969.

(SEAL) Attest:

EDWARD J. BRENNER Commissioner of Patents Edward M. Fletcher, Jr.

Attesting Officer 

1. A RACK STRUCTURE FOR SUPPORTING BOTTLES CONTAINING LIQUIDS OR THE LIKE, COMPRISING A BASE MEMBER, A FRAME MEMBER SUPPORTED BY AND PROJECTING AT LEAST IN ONE POSITION VERTICALLY UPWARDLY FROM SAID BASE MEMBER, A SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED RACK PIVOTALLY MOUNTED IN SAID FRAME MEMBER FOR A TILTING MOVEMENT ABOUT A HORIZONTAL AXIS, MEANS FOR RETAINING SAID RACK SELECTIVELY IN ANY ONE OF A PLURALITY OF INCLINED POSITIONS, AND CLAMPING MEANS PROJECTING UPWARDLY FROM SAID RACK MEMBER AND ADAPTED TO SURROUND AND TO RETAIN THE BOTTLES MOUNTED ON SAID RACK WHILE THE LATTER IS IN TILTED POSITION. 